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Press Release for Immediate Release

Mons, Belgium –
15th of January 2014 - Fishing Cactus, the Belgian video
game studio behind Shift and Creatures Online, is proud to announce
that
Algo-Bot is hitting
Kickstarter while you're reading this.

Algo-Bot is a
mind-tingling puzzle game about coding for PC with Android
and iOS possibilities. Not coding realistically speaking
but more like a logical experience. At Fishing Cactus we love
making games and we had the idea to convey the greatness of code in
a game. But building a game about coding is not a simple task. From
noobies to experts, we need to satisfy everyone around the table.
Provide logic puzzles that will show experts they can still learn
things and optimize the way they think. On the other hand, we need
to make the game simple enough so people who don’t know
anything about programming can get into the game.

A year has passed and money has gone but the dream is
lingering. We now have a
playable Alpha version of the game and we need
help and support from passionate people to get us to the finish
line. That’s the reason why we have decided to launch on
Kickstarter.

Our base contribution goal is
$60,000. At this funding level, we will launch
Algo-Bot as a live, stable, and fully functional game. Also one of
the very specific stretch goals we are setting for this project is
the
free school license set at
$300,000. If we reach it, all schools, training
centers and education professionals all over the world will benefit
from free licenses of the game.
Children are our future and coding is part of
it.

“coding can be fun and learning how to program must
remain a period of time in your life that is magical and full of
surprises” said Laurent Grumiaux, Project Manager and
Commercial Director at Fishing Cactus.

About Fishing Cactus

Fishing Cactus is a Belgian video game development studio
founded in 2008 by four experienced AAA talents,
from the ashes of
10Tacle (Totems, Urban Race). A very prolific
team, Fishing Cactus has already worked on
over 50 different titles for a wide variety of
digital platforms (iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux, Xbox Live,
PSN, Nintendo Wii et 3DS). The gang has performed work-for-hire for
several top-tier publishers such as
UbiSoft,
SEGA or
BigBen Interactive. Their track record includes
the critically acclaimed
Shift (iPhone, iPad, Nintendo 3DS), which has
already been played by almost
16 million people worldwide,
Woof the dog (best-selling iOS free app of 2011 in
France),
Trenches Generals,
After Burner Climax and
Creatures Online. Fishing Cactus currently employs
30 talented people in Mons, Belgium.

Journalists interested in further information,
additional assets or
REVIEW code, are welcome to contact Fishing
Cactus™ by sending an email to
press@fishingcactus.com. Members of the press
looking for the most recent updates to this and future games by the
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